James emerson



@attrib gisten atritt @time IMPRVEMENT IN COMES.

www"

J AMES EMERSON, 0F LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS.

.Letters Patent No. 60,494, dated December 18, 1866.

@te Stlgrhnls nitriet tu it tigtse Paints @und mit milking putt nf itsum.

Be it known that I, JAMES EMERSON, of Lowell, in the county ofMiddlesex, and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and improvedComb for holding the moustache while eating; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full and exact description thereof, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference markedthereon.

Figure l is a front view'oi` the comb, on which is shown the hooksl orguards e e e and the nippers Figure 2 is a transverse section of thecomb and a side view of the guards -e e e.

Figure 3 is a view of the bottom of the comb and guards e ee, held levelwith the eyes, the teeth beine` horizontal and pointed from theobserver.

The nature of my invention consists in making a comb of the proper formand size to't the upper lip, with hooks or guards turned up from thebottom of the comb, so that while eating or drinking the moustache' maybe held clear of the mouth and food.

To enable others to make and use my invention, I will proceed todescribe its construction and operation.

The comb, A, may be made of shell, horn, or metal, curved vertically andhorizontally, and of the proper width .to t the upper lip, the ends atthe corners of the mouth being lower than the part immediately under thenose. The comb, A, and guards, e e e, should be made in one piece, theguards being on the edge of the comb'opposite the teeth, turned up, asshowng. 2. They should be made as slender as consistent with thenecessary strength to hold up the moustache so as to be as littleobservable as possible; they should also be flexible, so that in casethey are pressed against the lip by a cup 01 dish they will regain theirproper position. The nippers, z'z', are made of steel; the side ofeaehnipper nearest the end of the comb is rigidly secured to the comb, A, bytwo or more rivets; on the inside of this half of the nippers there is aspring, n, the outer end of which presses against the inside of thelower end of the other halt` of -each nipper; this half of each nipperis secured to the comb by one rivet forming a joint, so that the nippersmay be opened or closed at pleasure; the springs, n, hold thejaws of thenippers together when in use. The combs may be made of diierent colorsto suit the color of the moustache. e I l Operation.

Take the comb in both hands, place a thumb at each end of the comb, andthe nail of the fore finger on th exible half of each nipper at o o;open the nippers, then push the teeth of the comb up under the moustacheclose to the lip and as high up as possible, so as to get the guards, ee e, above the mouth; then let the nippers close, and it will catch onto the moustache and hold the comb in place; then draw the'moustache outeach side into the guards, e e e.

Claims.

What claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-v 1. Thecomb A, when made inthe proper form, to fit the upper lip, with guardsin front to hol'd the moustache, when made substantially as described.l

2. I claim the nippers z' t' in combination with the comb for thepurpose of holding the comb in the moustache, a-s described.

JAMES EMERSON.

Witnesses:

SAM. P. HADLEY, Jr., A. F. JEWETT.

